Energy is an integral part of the biosphere. Technology and science have created new opportunities to conserve and optimize the resources of energy. The use of different energy technology options are key to diversifying the energy mix for conserving energy and reducing environmental impacts of energy production and use.

Turbines play an important role in increasing energy efficiency and using a mix of sources, that support energy security, conservation, economic growth and environmental protection. Turbines channelize energy in various forms. Hence, they find a wide range of applications:

Steam Turbine Applications
Steam turbines are devices which convert the energy stored in steam into rotational mechanical energy. These machines are widely used for the generation of electricity in a number of different cycles, such as:

• Rankine cycle
• Reheat cycle
• Regenerative cycle
• Combined cycle

Utility Steam Turbine Applications
Applications for utility Steam Turbines are applied for control of straight condensing, reheat and non-reheat steam turbines up to 300MW. These upgrades may include integrated generator control for generator protection and excitation/ AVR upgrades, utilizing the latest commonly available industry-standard digital equipment.

Industrial Steam Turbine Applications
Applications of Industrial Steam Turbines cover all straight condensing, non-condensing, and automatic extraction steam turbines. Specific design features are incorporated to address control issues often unique to process plants including paper mills, oil refineries, chemical plants, and other industrial applications, generator and mechanical drive.

Gas Turbine Applications
Gas turbine is a versatile source of shaft or propulsion power in a growing number of applications. In the gas industry, turbine applications span the range from small industrial turbines to aeroderivatives to large industrial turbines. The gas turbine applications are in the areas of power generation, marine transportation and power generation, and the process/petrochemical industries. Large gas turbine engines have also been used to provide electric power for oilfield operations but large turbines still require an electric transmission and distribution system because, in many cases, they produce more power than the local site can use.

Wind Turbines
Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy of the wind to mechanical power. This mechanical power can be used by a generator to produce electricity.Wind turbines are used around the world for many applications. Wind turbine use ranges from homeowners with single turbines to large wind farms with hundreds of turbines providing electricity to the power grid. Applications include networking within wind parks and between wind parks which require longer distances than twisted pair copper lines can provide. Data communications alongside noisy power distribution lines with fiber optics ensures data integrity, since fiber optics is inherently immune toelectromagnetic interference.

Water Turbine
A water turbine is a rotary engine that takes energy from moving water. Turbine selection is based mostly on the available water head, and less so on the available flow rate. In general, impulse turbines are used for high head sites, and reaction turbines are used for low head sites. Turbines are well-adapted to wide ranges of flow or head conditions, since their peak efficiency can be achieved over a wide range of flow conditions.